<p>I just feel like i'll be the dumbest person there, i mean i know how to do some cool stuff like build robots and 3d animation and stuff but man... my SAT scores/grades and stuff really suck ... i'm afraid i'll be like the stupidest person there. anyone else feel this way?</p>
<p>I can understand where you're coming from...all my friends who got accepted to MIT are geniuses. And then there's me, haha...but if MIT is your first choice, I wouldn't let your initial feelings deter you. I'm still looking at other colleges, though.</p>
<p>Lol - i'm most scared of the workload.</p>
<p>I totally suck at MIT. Doesn't stop me from having a great time :D</p>
<p>Oh, and go for the hard (but interesting) classes. There's always add-drop date if it doesn't work out.</p>
<p>I agree with pebbles. Drop date is super-late in the semester so you can play around and take hard classes but not let them affect your GPA if you don't do so hot.</p>
<p>Everybody has those days where they're like "oh god, I don't belong here... gonna go find Ben and Matt and figure out who was actually supposed to get that acceptance letter instead of me" -- I think it's good to go in with a little bit of apprehension, because at least then you're not the kid who gets his first test back and goes "wait, there must be something wrong -- why am I not the smartest person in the class?"</p>
<p>Humility is good.</p>
<p>I was afraid earlier... I am not <em>awesome</em> at math and therefore visions of Death by Calculus were floating in front of my eyes. But pebbles' and molliebatmit's comments (as well as reading through the MIT blogs) were very enlightening, and I am making a countdown to CPW. Can't wait to meet you all.</p>
<p>I'm not worried bout the actual academics, cos if I suck...well I'm sucking at MIT, better than sucking n e where else.</p>
<p>I'm afraid of being alone in a foreign country (i'm a brit), which is a bit scary I guess. Also bit worried about the cost.</p>
<p>well most of high school i've gotten through by doing very little studying so i'm hoping that with a lot of studying i will be able to get through MIT. But in most of my (high school) classes i usually don't even get highest grades on test and stuff like i never ace tests i always get a few mistakes.
i do pretty good on AP test/cumulative finals tho</p>
<p>I was kinda scared about that too before I came..but when I got here, it's really not as bad as I thought. Don't let the words like "MIT test" or "MIT project" intimidate you..they're all do-able, maybe a bit harder than those from other schools. And no, I don't consider myself a genius at all.</p>
<p>Frankly, I think it'll be an adventure.</p>
<p>I'm kind of worried I'll develop some sort of inferiority complex :-P...but really, I'm not exactly a techie - more of a language/art person. I'm good at math, but far from genius level. In my class (Calc 3) I'm always asking the stupid questions that everyone else is afraid to ask. Not that there are stupid questions...but trust me, there are.</p>
<p>I'm still ridiculously excited, however!</p>
<p>I'm sure everyone is equally scared. I know I am very excited.</p>
<p>I'm scared/excited/nervous/looking-forward-to-a-challenge/thrilled to be going to MIT!</p>
<p>i feel like i'm the least qualified person to be admitted to MIT.</p>
<p>but guess what everyone! When we go into MIT, we'll all start from ground zero. We all have equal footings, equal opportunities. Make the best out of it, and even if you're intimidated (like i am) by MIT's prowess, you have the ability to get on ahead of everyone.</p>
<p>And it's not about competition anyway, it's about learning!...right?</p>
<p>well... okay here is kind of how i feel,
i've never really liked school if you know what i mean, like my view of MIT students is the type that likes doing Calculus homework etc. I think i have ADHD or something because I can do like 2-3 questions then i'm like screw this i'm gonna play guitar or go draw something or doodle. My hope is that MIT will keep me entertained ... if you know what i'm saying. I just hope its not like high school, and at the same time i hope it is. I mean I love how in high school I can do absolutely nothing and get straight As, and then have time to enjoy with friends and playing guitar and building stuff. I don't wanna be bogged down and stuff, and stuck doing a bunch of crap I don't enjoy. I mean hopefully I will be able to take classes that I will enjoy, but the thing is i'm not sure if i'll enjoy them... and I want to be sure since i'm gonna be like 2000 miles away from my family and my whole life and i'm just a bit anxious that I won't like it and be stuck in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of people i don't know... maybe its just a fear of going away from home that is striking me as college becomes more of a reality</p>
<p>okay its not even that i'm afraid of it being boring, i thought it over more, and looked at the reasons that I applied to MIT, and yeah it will be totally awesome... the real thing that is getting to me isn't really that eveyrone will be smarter or that it'll be boring, but its more like i'm just afraid i'll miss my family and my whole life is spent in california its just such a huge change and i'm scared a little bit...
i have more of a wierd sense of life in that i don't care that much about reaching societal standards of accomplishment ... i just want to be happy thats all.</p>
<p>although i must say building robots does make me happy... and i can probably do that at mit ;) i think MIT is a perfect EXACT fit for me, the atmosphere, the attitude, everything i think i would love being there and building stuff and experimenting and learning etc...</p>
<p>but on the other side, i have 5 bros/sis and i don't like the idea of not seeing them every weekend.</p>
<p>i figure if i get reject from stanford its a sign from god that I need to make this transition to MIT and that i'll be able to adapt.</p>
<p>why let stanford decide your fate? you'll have to move away from your family sooner or later. what better time than now, when everyone else will be going through the exact same thing?</p>
<p>I hate doing calculus homework. =)
(It makes me angry.)</p>
<p>yeah i guess i was just getting a bit nervous ... maybe I will go to MIT even if i do get into stanford... </p>
<p>hopefully the CPW will make me feel better, i'm just afraid ... because i don't think i'm that genius person that goes to MIT</p>